Saturn's largest moon may be the only place beyond Earth where humans could live

Re:Saturn's largest moon may be the only place beyond Earth ... by JdeBP on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @01:43PM (#22537612)

Jeff Prucher's Brave new words gives its earliest attestation for the word as Niven's Warriors in 1966.

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Re:Saturn's largest moon may be the only place beyond Earth ... by ghaff on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @01:54PM (#22537743)

I would have guessed Heinlein but I don't see evidence he used that particular term although he had similar tropes in his books--e.g. Loonies in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

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Re:Saturn's largest moon may be the only place beyond Earth ... by JdeBP on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @02:04PM (#22537859)

For similar tropes, see the meteor miners in E.E. Smith's Grey Lensman.

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Re:Saturn's largest moon may be the only place beyond Earth ... by rootbear on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @04:21PM (#22539271)

Oh, that looks like an interesting book! I read a lot of Niven back in college and I wondered if he invented the word "Belter", for Asteroid Belt dwellers.

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